College Lecturer (Career Development) in Music

Pembroke College wishes to appoint a part-time College Lecturer in Music for two years, from 1 September 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter.

We welcome applicants with expertise in the Techniques of Music and in Composition. We have a lively Music community in Pembroke and you will work alongside a number of early career academics and researchers in the college in a wide range of subjects. 

We usually admit three students each year to study Music. All of our teaching is in small groups (one or two students). We expect you mainly to teach:

• Stylistic Composition:  Techniques of Composition (Year 1, Compulsory course) and where required in Years 2 and 3
• Optional Composition courses for students in Years 1-3

There will also be opportunities for you to teach other optional courses within your area of expertise.

Further details of these courses are available on request.

You will be required to provide teaching for an average of three hours’ contact time per week during the eight weeks of Oxford’s three terms. You will be expected to set and mark weekly work, set and mark college exams and participate in undergraduate admissions.  You will also take on some administrative and pastoral responsibilities, including organising teaching and helping students to adjust to the course in their first term at Oxford. We expect applicants for this post to be research active and to provide research-led teaching and to be an active member of Oxford’s musical research community.

The salary will be in the range of £8,285 - £9,154 per annum depending on experience and qualifications. You will have a tutor’s allowance of £640.25, use of a room for teaching, and you will also be able to take some lunches and dinners free of charge in College throughout the year. All salary figures are 2024-25 rates and are subject to annual uplift.

This is a College vacancy and the terms and conditions of the post are available at https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us along with the Further Particulars. The University Terms and Conditions shown elsewhere on this site do not apply to this post.

Applicants should submit their curriculum vitae and a covering letter electronically to the Academic HR Administrator (academichr@pmb.ox.ac.uk) by 9am (UK BST) on Monday, 4 August 2025. The covering letter should include details of any additional courses you would like to teach at Pembroke. Please send us the names and contact details of two referees who may be contacted if you are invited to interview. Interviews are planned to be held on Friday, 15 August 2025.

Pembroke College is an equal opportunities employer. It welcomes diversity amongst its staff and students and all reasonable adjustments will be made to the recruitment process, working arrangements and/or environment to accommodate applicants with any form of disability. If you have a disability, please let us know whether you believe there are any reasonable adjustments we should be making to assist you with your application. Please also let us know of any reasonable adjustments that we would need to make for you if you are invited to attend an interview.

Pembroke College is dedicated to fostering an environmentally sustainable community. We are striving towards achieving net zero carbon emissions and biodiversity net gain and believe that sustainability is a shared responsibility and integral to all roles within the College. By embedding sustainability into our daily operations and decision-making processes, we aim to create a positive impact on our community as well as the wider world.

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